Dear Katie, ( katie@mygreenpod.com) I liked your today’s Guardian supplement MY GREEN POD but disappointed by the uncritical praise for electric cars and the assumption that somehow they are going to help us solve the problem of pollution and carbon emissions. Apart from environmental issues, electric cars just mean carrying on ruining our cities with […]
Note – WECA The West of England Combined Authority, has agreed to spend £1.5m investigating optimum approach including trams for a Mass Rapid Transit system from Bath to Bristol, and a further £450m specifically looking a tthe trams option for Bath About this Event The leading French Engineering company EGIS has been closely involved with […]
Summary: Conventional tram /light rail track costs can be around £20 – £30 million, but recent years installations of lighter track and wire-free vehicles indicate costs of around £5m – 10m/km ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. Dear Dave Andrews, The UKTram website has a report on costs of tramways at uktram.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Briefing_Paper_-_Costs_of_Light_Rail_Schemes.pdf This should be the starting point for any […]
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/oslo-effect-comparative-non-tailpipe-emissions-from-various-forms-of-transport/ https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat09/1907101151_20190709_Non_Exhaust_Emissions_typeset_Final.pdf “Consequently, on the basis of current emissions inventory estimates and toxicity evidence, non-exhaust particles from the UK road traffic fleet should be considered as potentially having a greater public health impact than the exhaust particles.” “Regenerative braking does not rely on frictional wear of brake materials so vehicles using regenerative braking […]
See https://bathtrams.uk/dft-calls-for-light-rail-proposals-across-the-uk-here-is-the-lrta-light-rail-transit-association-response/ for full article for above image See also: https://bathtrams.uk/relative-life-time-co2-enissions-of-tramways-compared-to-buses-and-busways-taking-into-account-co2-during-construction-ie-steel-and-concrete-etc/ See also for detailed calculation: https://bathtrams.uk/the-most-energy-efficient-mode-of-public-transport/ See also: https://bathtrams.uk/oslo-effect-comparative-non-tailpipe-emissions-from-various-forms-of-transport/
See also: https://bathtrams.uk/the-oslo-effect-how-non-exhaust-pipe-non-tailpipe-particulate-emissions-are-a-serious-health-problem/ https://www.applrguk.co.uk/media/files/L-R-Applrg-Oslo-Effect-2-v12pdf https://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/publications/hps-weekly-report/volume-53/issue-28/defra-releases-report-on-non-exhaust-emissions-from-road-traffic/ Non-exhaust particles such as ground up tyres, road and brake dusts are likely more numerous and more toxic than diesel emissions Here is also a comparison of different non-tailpipe emissions: (Extract below is from a submission to DFT as a result of its call for evidence on […]
See Also: -1 Likely cost of Tram Tracks £10m /km in Germany. 0 Likely Tram Track Installations costs for Bath – French Tram Engineering Experts EGIS 1 tram light rail track installation costs 2 Recent German Light Rail Tram Track costs – £13 – £20m / km 3 UK Tram track light rail installation costs […]
See Also: -1 Likely cost of Tram Tracks £10m /km in Germany. 0 Likely Tram Track Installations costs for Bath – French Tram Engineering Experts EGIS 1 tram light rail track installation costs 2 Recent German Light Rail Tram Track costs – £13 – £20m / km 3 UK Tram track light rail installation costs […]
See Also: -1 Likely cost of Tram Tracks £10m /km in Germany. 0 Likely Tram Track Installations costs for Bath – French Tram Engineering Experts EGIS 1 tram light rail track installation costs 2 Recent German Light Rail Tram Track costs – £13 – £20m / km 3 UK Tram track light rail installation costs […]
The Nottingham tram system has been highly effective in cutting congestion, pollution and traffic ” Councillor Dave Liversidge, portfolio holder for transport, said in 2018 ““…, figures released just this week by the Department for Transport showed Nottingham achieved the biggest reduction in per capita car traffic of any English local authority outside London – […]